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Just a question for all you reel guys out there. Do any of you grease all your gears and bearings with Cal's except the spool bearing or do you grease only gears and oil all bearings? Finally when you grease your gears, do you apply grease to every gear or only to the one gear that drives the other gear. For example grease the pinion gear, and the grease will transfer to the drive gear or grease both the pinion and the drive gear. Thanks for any help

I brush a liberal amount on the main drive gear and just let that coat the pinion. I don't grease or oil non-spool bearings, but my reels get minimal use. I brush a liberal amount on the drag disks. I also brush a thin coat of grease on the level wind track.

Grease all spool bearings. Grease worm gear. Grease bottom of drive shaft where drive gear rests. Honestly I've greased spool bearing and if you're throwing a 1/2oz or larger bait I can still sling it. If you want maximum drag DO NOT grease the carbon drag washers. I've found cals drag grease to be unnecessary on baitcasting drag washers. If you have a casting reel that you want a light drag on then grease it.